Airways Magazine July 2024 | Page 31

AIRWAYS SPECIAL TUS Airways
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we continue to expand flight operations , further strengthen the airline ’ s leading position and drive the growth of air travel from Cyprus and across the Mediterranean .”
With the new planes , TUS increased flights on its scheduled routes connecting Larnaca to Tel Aviv , Paris , and Greece , and launched new charter services from Cyprus and Tel Aviv . In summer 2022 , the airline operated flights from Larnaca to Paris , Skiathos , Preveza , Kefalonia , Kalamata , and Tel Aviv ; from Paphos ( PFO ) to Paris and Tel Aviv ; and from Tel Aviv to Dusseldorf , Toulouse , Verona , and Greece — all with its five A320-214s .
On Monday November 21 , 2022 , TUS Airways completed its first direct flight between Israel and Qatar , a historic milestone in the relations between the two countries . Qatar , a country which supports Palestinian terrorist groups such as Hamas against
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8 5B-DDB taking off from Larnaca airport on 28 August 2018 .
9 5B-DDB landing at Larnaca airport on 23 July 2018 . The aircraft was scrapped at Larnaca airport in 2021 . The Myanmar Air Force had originally ordered it in 2017 , but has subsequently cancelled the order .
10 One of the two Fokker 100s operated by TUS Airways ( 5B-DDD ) parked in front of the new terminal of Larnaca airport on 16 January 2018 . The aircraft was operated by the airline between 29 June 2017 and 5 July 2019 .
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